Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-07
STATE NEWS.
The HOIdiers' Home.

The action of the trustees of the Yer
mont Soldiers Home in accepting the liber-
al offer of the trustees of the Park Home
of Bennington, and thereby securing large
and valuable estate for immediate occupan-
cy for the purposes of a home for aged and
intirm veterans, will commend itself to the
people of the state. The property lies with
in the limits of Bennington village and com
prlses 200 acres, consisting of meadows.
cultivated land and groves. There are
three dwelling houses on the estate. the
main one being large and substantial
brick structure capable of accommodating
40 persons. This edifice was once the fam
lily mansion of a wealthy New Yorker nam.
ed Seth B. Hunt who spent over S15, 900
ON the property, expending $50, 900 alone
on the wonderful fountain which adorns
the grounds This home is situated in the
midst of beautiful grove, and hundreds of
fresh air children from New York have en-
joyed summer vacation at this retreat.
Much of the land can be utilized for farm
ing purposes, and there are spacious barns
on the premises for storing hay and other
products of the soil The sum of S20. 600
is in the hands of the trustees for making
repairs on the buildings and for the support
of the institution for the years 1875 1t
will probably be necessary 10 expend some
$1,000 on the property before the buildings
are occupied. Xhe trustees intend to have
the home reai~ or occupancy by April I,
and they are fortunate in securing the SER
vices of so competent a superintendent and
matron as Captain and Mrs Robert q. Cof-
fey of Windsor. 1t is estimated that there
are some 20 poor and intrm veterans in the
state who will avail themselves of the use
of the home There are several old Yer
mont soldiers who are at present inmates of
homes in other states who will probably be
transferred to the Bennington Home after
it is opened.-FOrbeS in he Boston JourRai.
Dreadful COnstinR Accident mt Rutland.
Two boys were fatally hurt and others
were badly injured while coasting down
Gouger hill at Rutland Wednesday after
noon. \ big traverse went down its lev
hill carrying a load of 20 boys 1t attained
a fearful velocity and as it neared AN iron
bridge a hind runner split through the
front of the traverse against the end of the
bridge and hurting the boys down a 10-feet
embankment on to the rocks below. John
ME Kingsley, II years old, struck on his
stomach receiving fatal internal INJURIES
and Cyril Gee, Is years old, had his skull
crushed in, Several others were severely
bruised.
The latest guess is that the cornerstone
of the Bennington battle monument will be
laid on the next anniversary Of the battle.
August 49, The Vermont national guard
are likely to muster there. and the militia
of other states will be asked to take part in
the celebration.
A Frenchman named Brace. aged 80. of
Winooski, was struck 10y passenger train
just west Of that place Saturday night and
killed instantly, The body was thrown ON
an embankment, the skull fractured. one
arm broken four times, and one leg broken
/ twice.
| There seems to be no doubt in the minds
of Bennington people that Chas A. Hawks
of that place, who fell from the roof of his
building, where repairs were being made.
and was killed instantly, was deliberately
murdered by Meagher, the saloon keeper.
with whom he had had trouble. Chas. Rid
| die, the coach-driver, saw Meagher strike
Hawks with his fist and then seize him bv
the shoulders and push him Off Three men
who were at work on the roof at the time
do not seem to have seen the act, though
/ they evidently had suspicious of foul play.
Meagher has not been arrested, though a
reward of $500 for his apprehension is Of
| fered by the town authorities
Montpelier voted at a recent special town
meeting to exempt from taxation for ten
/ years any new manufacturing establish
ment or quarry which may begin operation
IN Montpelier during the three years next
ensuing. There was but a small attendance
at the meeting and no other business was
| transacted.
Under the auspices of the Vermont Won
ans Suffrage Association, Rev Louis A.
Banks of Boston, lately from Washington
/ Territory, has a series of appointments for
lectures in Orleans, Caledonia and Wash
ington counties for the third week of the
present month.
/ Dr. A. j. Willard, late superintendent
aud resident physician Of the Mary Fetch
err hospital of Burlington, has already start
ed his contemplated enterprise in that city
for the treatment Of nervous diseases by
rest, massage and electricity. This has been
called the Rest cure"